An aerospace engineering course leverages Purdue's rare manufacturing capabilities to challenge 100+ students to design, build, and fly their own solid rocket motors.

Learning from the attempted rescue of the Lunar Trailblazer: how ground-based optical observations and laboratory measurements can improve recovery of the attitude of a spacecraft lost in space.

Show your Purdue 1 pride with official Purdue 1 Spaceflight apparel and merchandise.

Three Purdue Engineering faculty members have been selected by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to participate in the 2026 Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, one of the nation's premier programs recognizing outstanding early-career engineers.

Purdue University, a leading land-grant institution committed to affordability and accessibility, is ranked second nationally and tops in Indiana and across the Big Ten in SmartAsset’s 2026 study of America’s Best Value Public Universities for its cost of attendance, median alumni earnings and graduation rate.

Purdue University's Advanced Lyophilization Technology Hub (LyoHUB) is working to advance the science and technology of lyophilization/freeze-drying, a preservation method that is vital to national security and public health due to its ability to ensure long-term stockpiling of lifesaving medicines without cold-chain refrigeration. More than 70% of antibiotics on the Essential Medicines List are supplied in lyophilized form.

Stephanie Schulte (AAE'10) knew she was NASA-bound when her high school chemistry teacher gave her a copy of the book Failure Is Not an Option by Gene Kranz, the legendary NASA flight director whose leadership defined the golden age of American spaceflight.

The thrill is real: Abigail Mizzi, graduate student in aeronautics and astronautics; Alexandra Boltasseva, the Ron and Dotty Garvin Tonjes Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Ajay Malshe, the R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering; and Steven Collicott, professor of aeronautics and astronautics, prepare groundbreaking research for the 2027 Purdue 1 mission into space.

"Integrated Sensing and Communications: Theory, Algorithm and Applications" covers the integration of wireless communications and radar sensing, tackling some of the major technologies in 6G wireless networks. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to communications and radar, complete with the most updated and significant research topics. The author then introduces four aspects of integrated sensing and communications (ISAC): (a) the introduction to communications and sensing; (b) system design of ISAC; (c) networking of ISAC; (d) applications. The book features an in-depth tutorial for the areas of communications and radar and a comprehensive survey for ISAC. The author covers results-intensive research and successful application in communities of wireless communications, radar, remote sensing and computer engineering. The book can be used to shape the current research paradigm and impact on the standard of 6G systems.